Mashaal was in Cairo late Tuesday overseeing a prisoner swap.
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Hamas leader in exile Khaled Mashaal alled on President Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday to hold a meeting next week in Cairo to implement a reconciliation deal signed in May.
Speaking at a news conference after celebrating the prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel, Mashaal urged Abbas to meet with him in order to review the "policy of negotiation" with Israel.
He urged Abbas take note of Hamas' strategy of negotiations, adding that "whoever goes to negotiations without strong cards" is not likely to succeed. Mashaal was apparently referring to the swap deal compared to a decade of Palestinian negotiations which have produced little.
Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip after ousting forces loyal to Abbas' Fatah party in 2007.
Following youth-led protests in the West Bank and Gaza demanding unity, Fatah and Hamas signed an unexpected reconciliation deal in Cairo on May 4.
The agreement set out a path for the creation of a transitional government of technocrats and an end to years of bitter animosity, but it has yet to be fully implemented.
Speaking at a news conference after celebrating the prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel, Mashaal urged Abbas to meet with him in order to review the "policy of negotiation" with Israel.
He urged Abbas take note of Hamas' strategy of negotiations, adding that "whoever goes to negotiations without strong cards" is not likely to succeed. Mashaal was apparently referring to the swap deal compared to a decade of Palestinian negotiations which have produced little.
Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip after ousting forces loyal to Abbas' Fatah party in 2007.
Following youth-led protests in the West Bank and Gaza demanding unity, Fatah and Hamas signed an unexpected reconciliation deal in Cairo on May 4.
The agreement set out a path for the creation of a transitional government of technocrats and an end to years of bitter animosity, but it has yet to be fully implemented.
Maan News Agency
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